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Pitcher · 2026

Nick Lodolo

Age
28
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 6"
Weight
216 lb
Number
#40
Born
February 5, 1998 in La Verne, CA, USA
MLB debut
April 13, 2022
Drafted
2019, round 1
College
Texas Christian
High school
Damien
Salary, 2026
$4.72M
dbWAR
3.5
3 season(s)
IP
62.2
ERA
4.60
FIP
5.08
K/9
7.2
FIP−
122
100 = avg

Nick Lodolo is a starting pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2026 he struck out 50 batters over 62.2 innings across 12 appearances, 12 of them starts, going 3-2. His ERA of 4.60 was 10.1% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 11th of 19 on his team, and 316th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.08 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 21.0% of swings (9.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.9%. His -0.0 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP5.08
K/97.2
WHIP1.47
WAR-.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB7059201711.339.429.475.40115.7%
vs RHB2091764582039.256.343.438.34318.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Nick Lodolo throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.

Four-Seam Fastball26.9%29294.02,28043.8%19.4%
Sinker25.4%27693.82,30848.9%9.7%
Curveball23.9%26082.22,62345.4%35.7%
Changeup23.8%25988.21,89340.9%20.9%
Nick Lodolo's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2026121262.2320653250274.605.081.477.23.9110122-0.0
20252928156.298013858156313.333.811.089.01.880922.2
20242121115.196010161122374.763.951.209.52.9117971.4

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.